~Remember, they were just writing the constitution, they weren't really a "ruling body"(and background)-
-Louis calls a meeting of the Estates General to address financial problems. There were three estates: 1 for clergy, 1 for nobles, 1 for other people (3rd Estate) There was this conflict over voting by head or by order (if they voted by head, the third estate could outnumber the other two. If they voted by order, the first two estates would outnumber the 3rd) May 5- Louis insists on voting by order. The third estate says "That's it!" (Well, not really literally) and they go to this tennis court and hang out there to try and draft a new constitution for France.
-From 1788-1789 there was a shortage of bread...people aren't content; on July 14th, Parisian crows storm the Bastille, and afterwards patriot electors replace officials with revolutionaries.
-So, the National Assembly takes over, and they're like: Hey guys, this is going to be great! We're gonna make this new constitution! It'll be a consitutional monarchy!
-But then there was The Great Fear which was this time when peasants started freaking out and thinking that nobles were hording grain to frighten them into submission. The country was going crazy.
-The National Assembly issued an Aug 4 Decree taking away all the nobles' special privlidges.
-The National Assembly issues the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (which we read)
- 1789-1791 The National Assembly writes this new constitution (the constitution of 1791) which transfered political power from the monarch to a legislative body. (But it was still going to be a constitutional monarchy) (The National Assembly did other things too, like they divided the country into 83 equal-sized "departments")
-Then the National Assembly nationalized the property formerly belonging to the Catholic church (and they issued assignates backed by the land...which would eventually cause inflation)
-The Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790) The National Assembly reduced the number of bishops and reorganized area. They also demanded that all clergy take an oath of loyalty to the state. The clergy didn't like this, they didn't think that the Revolution had the authority to do this. The church becomes a counterrevolutionary force in France.
National Assembly
~Remember, they were just writing the constitution, they weren't really a "ruling body"(and background)-
-Louis calls a meeting of the Estates General to address financial problems. There were three estates: 1 for clergy, 1 for nobles, 1 for other people (3rd Estate) There was this conflict over voting by head or by order (if they voted by head, the third estate could outnumber the other two. If they voted by order, the first two estates would outnumber the 3rd) May 5- Louis insists on voting by order. The third estate says "That's it!" (Well, not really literally) and they go to this tennis court and hang out there to try and draft a new constitution for France.
-From 1788-1789 there was a shortage of bread...people aren't content; on July 14th, Parisian crows storm the Bastille, and afterwards patriot electors replace officials with revolutionaries.
-So, the National Assembly takes over, and they're like: Hey guys, this is going to be great! We're gonna make this new constitution! It'll be a consitutional monarchy!
-But then there was The Great Fear which was this time when peasants started freaking out and thinking that nobles were hording grain to frighten them into submission. The country was going crazy.
-The National Assembly issued an Aug 4 Decree taking away all the nobles' special privlidges.
-The National Assembly issues the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (which we read)
- 1789-1791 The National Assembly writes this new constitution (the constitution of 1791) which transfered political power from the monarch to a legislative body. (But it was still going to be a constitutional monarchy) (The National Assembly did other things too, like they divided the country into 83 equal-sized "departments")
-Then the National Assembly nationalized the property formerly belonging to the Catholic church (and they issued assignates backed by the land...which would eventually cause inflation)
-The Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790) The National Assembly reduced the number of bishops and reorganized area. They also demanded that all clergy take an oath of loyalty to the state. The clergy didn't like this, they didn't think that the Revolution had the authority to do this. The church becomes a counterrevolutionary force in France.